DUNLAP — Apparently, Dunlap needs a little drama when it comes to winning titles in the Mid-Illini Conference girls track and field meet.

Four years after snapping Metamora’s 10-year reign on the crown by a mere two points, the Eagles were at it again Friday.

Dunlap came into the 4x400 finale leading the Redbirds by just 22/3 points, after Metamora standouts Gillian Urycki and Alexis Grieves went 1-2 in the 200-meter dash.

The host Eagles secured the championship when the foursome of Joe Leuallen, Payton Babcock, Damilola Tawio and Muriel Unseth finished second to Washington in the 4x400 — one place ahead of Metamora — in a season-best 4 minutes, 7.58 seconds.

Dunlap finished with 1332/3 points to 129 for Metamora. Washington was third (96) and Pekin fourth (80).

“It was exciting and exhausting at the same time to finish like that,” said Dunlap coach Pat Garst of a meet resumed after being postponed Thursday by poor weather. “In a meet like this, you can go back at any little point here or there, a fifth or a sixth, where every point made a difference.”

The title snapped a three-year run by Morton, which finished fifth.

“It was a wonderful team effort, all the way through,” said Garst. “Our girls pulled off points we didn’t expect in areas ... and we had younger kids step up.”

Dunlap scored more in field events than seeded, led by a 1-2 finish from Tawio (34-11/2) and Alex Schaub (33-4) in the triple jump and a victory in the pole vault by Rachel Gatliff (8-9). The Eagles then hit the track by taking the 4x100 and 4x200 and getting a distance double from Abby Jockisch (3200 in 11:30.60; 1600 in 5:16.45).

Urycki gave Metamora a chance by also winning the high jump (5-4), long jump (17-21/2) and 400 (area-best :58.30) for the second year in a row. Grieves was second in the 400.

Washington received a 1-2 finish from defending champ Ashlee Knott (2:24.71) and Haley Tranchitella (2:25.19) in the 800. Panthers junior Haley Widder also repeated in the 300 hurdles, with an area-best :47.10. Other winners on the track were Morton freshman Addy Baker in the 100 (:13.24) and Pekin junior Leah Hess in the 100 hurdles (:16.61).